Effective teaching and learning: reading
This report investigates teaching and learning practices applied to reading in the United Kingdom. The research project began in July 2003 and was completed in March 2006, collating information on 500 learners in each study. Researchers interviewed learners and teachers, observed teaching methods, and correlated these strategies with any changes in learning. Learners' achievements and perspectives were evaluated twice during their participation in the project. Main findings are: learning is more effective in partnership or groups; women are slightly more successful than men; workers are better... Show more
Authors: Brooks, Greg; Burton, Maxine; Cole, Pam; Szczerbinski, Marcin
National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (Great Britain) (NRDC)
Published: London, England, Institute of Education, University of London, 2007
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 76 p.
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